But the seventh year shall be a Sabbath of rest unto the land: it shall be the Lord’s Sabbath: thou shalt neither sow thy field nor cut thy vineyard.

That which groweth of its [a]own accord of thy harvest, thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes that thou hast left [b]unlabored: for it shall be a year of rest unto the land.

And the [c]rest of the land shall be meat for you, even for thee and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for the stranger that sojourneth with thee:

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 25:5 By reason of the corn that fell out of the ears the year past.
  2. Leviticus 25:5 Or, which thou hast separated from thyself, and consecrated to God for the poor.
  3. Leviticus 25:6 That which the land bringeth forth in her rest.

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